as in almighty
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knowing everything; having unlimited understanding or knowledge
an omniscient deity The novel has an omniscient narrator.
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Recent Examples of omniscient
In our world there is no such thing as an omniscient narrator.
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Adam Verner
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
So, the narrative that AI is omniscient and omnipotent at displacing labor works well to convince investors to pay inflated valuation premiums for companies that expend huge resources on building data centers and hiring AI engineers and data scientists.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Bejar's smoky alto is our anchor, sounding like an omniscient ghost serenading us in a liminal space.
—Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 13 July 2025
Hong usually shoots his characters with something of an objective, omniscient perspective.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
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Adam Verner
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
So, the narrative that AI is omniscient and omnipotent at displacing labor works well to convince investors to pay inflated valuation premiums for companies that expend huge resources on building data centers and hiring AI engineers and data scientists.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Bejar's smoky alto is our anchor, sounding like an omniscient ghost serenading us in a liminal space.
—Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 13 July 2025
Hong usually shoots his characters with something of an objective, omniscient perspective.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for omniscient
Recent Examples of Synonyms for omniscient
Adjective
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The YouTube hysteria proved an almighty distraction.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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Sure enough, the video confirmed Lily as the guilty party, with the husky opting to occupy herself with the plant, resulting in one almighty mess.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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And whaddya know, another merger requiring approval from Trump et al in order to create a sprawling, omnipotent conglomerate of 265 television stations in 44 states.—
Merrill Markoe,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
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They have been denounced as lecherous predators and as omnipotent conspirators, as arch-Bolsheviks and arch-capitalists.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Hence, there is no immortal or immaterial soul, no afterlife, all is explained by the movements of matter.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
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Khalid was born mortal, but was given an immortal life when his father placed his soul into the body of Hunbish, a child that the Goryeo girl once wished to save.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Nuno infused the former Burnley and Newcastle player with supreme levels of confidence.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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In the Israeli and Jewish ethos, this is a supreme moral and operational duty that underpins the Israeli fighting spirit and national resilience.—
Ehud Barak,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Charles eventually returns to Earth to help his X-Men defeat Bastion, an all-powerful human and robot Sentinel hybrid, but the team is flung through time in the process.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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Away from the pitch, Beckenbauer was also an old-school captain — and by ‘old-school’, this means a relic from the days when the captain was responsible for selection and tactics, before the football manager had become all-powerful.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The French duo that made distortion divine and disco dangerous is back on American soil.—
Alma Rota,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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Theosophy, or divine wisdom, was a progenitor of the New Age movement of the 20th century.—
Madison Beveridge,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Omniscient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/omniscient. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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